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Patent GB-189718871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro-Magnetic Contact Systems for Electric Railways.
Inventor: GRUNOW WILLIAM
Filed: 1897-08-14
Granted: 1898-01-29
Abstract: 18,871. Grunow, W., McElroy, J. A., and McElroy, J.H. Aug. 14. Electric railways and tramways on a sectionalconductor or road-contact system with electromagnetic switches. Conductors; switches; collectors.-Electromagnets U on the vehicle which throw the switches are excited by a shunt round the motors or from a battery which is automatically cut out when the main circuit is completed. The collector consists of shoes 0 carried by toggle-levers M and depressed by a spring P surrounding a guide R, but a long collector may be used. The switching-appliance is enclosed in a water-tight square box with a screw cover e<2> and a tubular bottom portion e<5>. Inside is a loose plunger i<2> lifted by the magnets U so as to cause the contacts i<4> to touch the underside of the lid of the box. The feeder K is coiled round the upper parts of the plunger before being connected to it, so as to magnetize it and to maintain it in the raised position while current is being taken from the surface of the box or from sectional rails electrically connected thereto. Flanges on this box permit its attachment to the insulated sectional rails and the stringers which support them. Structural modifications in these boxes are also described and shown in Figs. 7 and 9, the former showing a box with a cover secured by a central rod E<12>, and the latter a mercury contact F<23>. In another modification, the box is made continuous.
Patent GB-189729496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Lubrication of Bearings and Joints in Machinery, and to Means therefor.
Inventor: GRAY THOMAS UNDERWWOD
Filed: 1897-12-13
Granted: 1898-10-15
Abstract: 29,496. Gray, T. U., and Bass, F. Dec. 13. Lubricating shafts aud other moving parts of machines. The lubricant is supplied from the oil reservoir B to a channel N in the shaft C, so that centrifugal force tends to drive it out through the passages n to the bearing-surface. In addition to the aperture m<1>, through which the oil is supplied, apertures m<2> may be provided to allow oil to work from the bearing back into the reservoir. A filling - cock b<2> is provided and a drain cock b<4>. When the apparatus is applied to a joint under steam pressure, such as the bearing of the shaft of a rotary engine, the steam pressure may also be admitted to the oil reservoir. A pipe b<5> with a cock b<6> is, in this case, provided.
Patent GB-189800149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Treating and Purifying Sewage, Waste, and similar Waters.
Inventor: EICHEN FERDINAND
Filed: 1898-01-03
Granted: 1898-11-26
Abstract: 149. Eichen, F. Jan. 3. Sewage &c.filters.-Draff, sewage, and waste waters of all kinds are freed from suspended matters and allowed to flow from a channel a through a series of tanks A, B and filtering-apparatus C. These tanks are similar in construction, each one having inclined walls f, c and mud receptacles d, which may be cut off during emptying operations by valves e. The sewage &c. flows beneath adjustable baffle-plates or boards b. Between the last two tanks may be placed a filter, preferably consisting of iron gratings filled with clay, limestone, &c. The filtering-apparatus C may comprise layers of porous materials i supported by shelves and separated by air spaces k.
Patent GB-189802796-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means for Advertising.
Inventor: JOHNSON FRANK
Filed: 1898-02-03
Granted: 1898-11-05
Abstract: 2796. Johnson, F. Feb. 3. Advertising.-An advertisement board or tablet, on which games such as dominoes may be played, is covered on one side with cloth or other like material, which may be secured to the board at its edges by means of nails. The nails may be covered by strips of leather.
Patent GB-189803570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and pertaining to Handles for Operating Mangles and other Manuel Machines.
Inventor: HEAD WILLIAM JOSEPH
Filed: 1898-02-12
Granted: 1899-01-07
Abstract: 3570. Head, W. J., [trading as East London Machine Co.]. Feb. 12. Hand-wheels.-Relates to means for attaching the handles to the driving-wheels of washing, mangling, and other machines so that, when out of use, the handles may be turned flat against the wheels. Fig. 1 shows a side view, and Fig. 2 a section on the line V-V. The wheel D is provided with lugs C, C, between which the flat extension b of the handle A is secured by the bolt E. The spring catch F enters recesses in the extension b to hold it in place when the handle is in either its operative or its closed position. Several modifications are described, in all of which an extension of the handle is secured to one or more lugs on the wheel, and a spring catch is employed to retain the handle in either of its two positions.
Patent GB-189809844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Shade Supports for Electric and the like Fittings.
Inventor: STURGE WILSON HENRY
Filed: 1898-04-29
Granted: 1899-03-04
Abstract: 9844. Sturge, W. H. April 29. Lamp-shade holders reflector holders; pendants.- An electric or other lamp 6, Fig. 1, capable of being tilted, is clamped with a shade or reflector 19 by a screw and nut 18 on a ring formed at the middle of a bar 13, which is preferably curved to bring its ends horizontally in line with the centre of gravity of the lamp &c., and is pivoted in a yoke 8, swivelled on a nut and cord-grip 11 and a cord 7. The pivots 15 may be provided with friction springs. The lamp and shade may thus be set at any inclination desired. In a modification, Fig. 3, the lamp 6 is fixed on a support, which carries also the yoke 8<a>. The shade 19 is clamped on the curved bar 13<a>, and may be placed at any inclination. One side of the yoke 8<a> and bar 13<a> may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-189813698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Mixing Gases.
Inventor: SALES GEORGES DE ROUSSY DE
Filed: 1898-06-20
Granted: 1899-04-01
Abstract: 13,698. Sales, G. de R. de. June 20. Regulators.-Relates to apparatus for mixing, in the desired proportions, two or more gases, such as acetylene and coal gas, at different initial pressures. The supply pipes 1, 2 deliver into pressure-equalizing chambers 3, 3 ; their valves 5, 8 are controlled by the pressure of the gases acting upon the level of a mercury bath which extends under the partition separating the chambers. The chambers 3, 3 communicate with chambers 14, 14 by pipes 10, 11 provided with valves, the deliveries of which are regulated by adjustable weights resting in a mercury bath. The chambers 14, 14 have pipes 18, 19 which deliver the gases under a cone 23 ; from the lower edge of the cone 23, they escape into an inverted funnel 24, above which is a cone 25, fitted with blades so as to be rotated by the escaping gases.
Patent GB-189813709-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Electric Propulsion of Railway Trains.
Inventor: KASELOWSKY OTTO HERRMANN EMIL
Filed: 1898-06-20
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 13,709. Kaselowsky, O. H. E. June 20. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles.-Relates to electrically-propelled trains which carry a boiler, dynamo, and batteries as in the Heilmann locomotive. The motors h are distributed over the train. and are controlled from two points, each provided with controlling-apparatus f, f<1> in which the controller bars f<1> are connected with the current supply e by a common conductor k, and the separate contacts f are each connected with conductors i. Couplings g connect the conductors k, i in adjacent cars. Current flows through the cars by the conductor i, or through the motors h by removal of the corresponding bridge bar at v.
Patent GB-189819809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Oven Doors.
Inventor: THOMSON DAVID ESPLIN
Filed: 1898-09-19
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 19,809. Thomson, D.E. Sept. 19. Ovens. - Relates to the arrangement of a door for two - decker ovens so that either may be opened or closed independently of the other. The door A, shown applied to a twodecker draw-plate oven, is made large enough to cover the openings to the two ovens D', D<2>, and is counterweighted by weights E c o nnected by chains F passing over wheels fixed on the spindle H. This is preferably provided with ball bearings, so that the door may be easily raised or lowered by the hand-wheels J'. The door is fixed by eccentrics provided with handles M', M<4>. To withdraw the top drawplate K<1> the door is lowered, and to withdraw K' it is raised.
Patent GB-189819861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators.
Inventor: FREEMAN HORACE LIZZELLE
Filed: 1898-09-19
Granted: 1898-11-26
Abstract: 19,861. Freeman, H. L., and Freeman, M. J. Sept. 19. Water-circulation, promoting.-Inclined water tubes 16 are fitted below an externally-fired boiler so as to pass through the upper part of the furnace. Fig. 2 shows a sectional elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan of the tubes. They are connected at the back to a transverse header tube 11, which communicates with the boiler by the junction piece 6, and at the front they are each connected separately to the boiler by a bent pipe with an expansion joint 24. A blow-off branch is provided as shown to the left hand of the Figures, and at 15 and 17 are caps which can be removed to permit the tubes to be cleaned.
Patent GB-189821141-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Matches, and in the Method of and Apparatus for Producing same.
Inventor: ALLISON CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1898-10-07
Granted: 1898-11-19
Abstract: 21.141. Allison, C. A., [Hathaway, P.]. Oct. 7. Matches.-A machine for making matches having coiled paper stems comprises the drawing-rollers E, cutting-rollers F, coiling-apparatus G, I, paraffining and dipping tanks U, K, drying-belt C, and discharging-apparatus. The paper is drawn intermittently from a roll P by rollers E, which feed the paper web to cutting-rollers F, whence the cut strips pass into a series of coiling-tubes G, comprising a tapering and coiled tubular shell surrounding a central mandrel M. The coiled paper strips next pass between pairs of pressing-rollers I, I<1>, I<11>, formed with circumferential grooves which successively reduce the diameters of the coiled strips until they are sufficiently hard and stiff to form match stems. Rotary brushes J, the lower of which is mounted within a steam-jacketed vat K, coat the paper strips L with a mixture of paraffin, wax, or other suitable material, stiffened by means of resin, shellac, glue, or starch. Surplus paraffining-composition is removed from the coiled strips by means of stationary scrapers or guides M'; the strips are next rubbed by pairs of grooved drawing-rollers N, and cut to length by means of a blade 0, secured adjustably to the framing, and a lower vertically-reciprocating blade O<1>. The paper stems, after being cut off, pass into a series of longitudinally-slotted tubes or holders Q, mounted so as to be free to rotate within vertical hangers R secured to or formed in a piece with a transverse plate S. Each hanger is formed with a vertical slot so as to allow the stems to fall freely on to an endless carrier C, when the corresponding holder Q is rotated. Arms l on the holders Q pass through apertures in the plate S, and engage with a sliding plate which is reciprocated by means of a crank connected to a rocking lever 12. When the stems have entered the holders Q, their front ends are tipped with igniting-composition by means of spoons V, which are secured to an oscillating shaft connected by cranks 10 and links 11 to arms 9 on a rocking shaft 1. The matches fall from the holders Q, and are directed by guide-boxes or compartments W on to the intermittently-travelling belts C; the matches are held out of contact with the belt by transverse bars Z. The dried matches are discharged from the belt C on to a second belt D, by automatically-oscillating flaps which are hinged to the belt between the bars Z, and are arranged to lift the matches and drop them upon the belt D.
Patent GB-189821364-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Battery Solutions.
Inventor: BLUMENBERG HENRY
Filed: 1898-10-11
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 21,364. Blumenberg, H. Oct. 11. Primary batteries.-An electrolyte, which may be used in conjunction with a zinc electrode, is made up of a mixture of a chlorate of an alkali or alkaline earth mixed with a bisulphate of an alkali or alkaline earth. The prepared mixture consists of sodium chlorate and sodium bisulphate.
Patent GB-189826170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Letter Cards, Envelopes, and the like.
Inventor: DAVIS REGINALD
Filed: 1898-12-10
Granted: 1899-10-14
Abstract: 26,170. Davis, R., and Roussat, B. Dec. 10. Envelopes; letter-cards. -Relates to the construction of letter-cards and envelopes to facilitate advertising. The letter-card, Fig. 3, is composed of two sheets A, B, secured together at their edges and enclosing advertisement sheets D ; it is closed by a layer of gum F. It is opened by tearing along lines of perforations E, when the sheets A, B are separated and the advertisement sheets become visible. The envelope, Fig. 6, consists of a sheet J, inside which is secured the advertisement sheet I. It is closed by means of a narrow flap H, and, when opened by tearing along lines of perforations k, the sheets I, J are separated.
Patent GB-189827504-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Packing Bicycles and the like.
Inventor: TEPPE AUGUST
Filed: 1898-12-30
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 27,504. Teppe, A. Dec. 30. Packing velocipedes.-A triangular frame a is placed on the saddle and handle-bar, and shoe pieces b under the wheels, the parts a and b being connected by hook-and-eye fastenings to rods c provided with tension devices d for imparting the necessary rigidity to the whole. The parts a, b, c are hinged at the points e. A cloth or cover may be used either as a protection to the cyclist against rain &c., or to cover up the parts of the apparatus. The pieces b may also be used as mud guards.
Patent GB-189905849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brushes for Dynamos.
Inventor: ENDRUWEIT CARL
Filed: 1899-03-17
Granted: 1899-10-28
Abstract: 5849. Endruweit, C. March 17. Brushes; sparking, preventing.-Flexible brushes are built up of alternate layers of thin metal and of a non-metallic but conducting elastic material, preferably carbon obtained by carbonizing organic materials. In making these brushes, sheets of metal paper may be employed, the paper side being carbonized after treatment with a mixture of sugar, graphite, gum arabic, and water. The object is to prevent uneven wear and consequent sparking at the commutator.
Patent GB-189908599-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Acetylene Gas Lighting Torch.
Inventor: MACDONALD ROBERT
Filed: 1899-04-25
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 8599. MacDonald, R. April 25. Torches .-In acetylene torches for lighting gas, the acetylene gas supply tube A, of which the upper end d is arranged centrally within the wooden rod or handle A, is jointed at B so that the generator G, of any known construction, may remain in a vertical position whatever be the angle at which the rod A<1> is held. The flame of the torch is protected by a detacha b l e perforated casing, to which a hook for actuating the gas cocks may be removably connected.
Patent GB-189910119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrodes for Batteries.
Inventor: HEIDEL GUSTAVOS
Filed: 1899-05-13
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 10,119. Heidel, G. May 13. Primary batteries; secondary batteries. -Consists in making the negative electrode 2 of aluminium, and in the form of a grating with deep cells 3. The positive electrode 1 may be of corrugated or other form, and of any usual material.
Patent GB-189923563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Buttons.
Inventor: RAYMOND ACHILLE FRANCOIS
Filed: 1899-11-25
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 23,563. Raymond, A. F. Nov. 25. Stud or ball and eye or socket fastenings. -Relates to stud - and - socket fastenings for gloves, garments, and the like. The socket member, shown in Fig. 1 with the parts ready for being fastened, consists of a shell a in which are inserted washers y and z of the sections shown and an eyelet b formed with a flange c. The material e of the glove &c. is placed over the part a, and is then encircled by a ring f, the lining d of the glove &c. being pierced and resting on the flange c. On compressing the fastening, the parts are crushed into the position shown in Fig. 2, thus securing them to the fabric. In a modification, the rivet and washers are dispensed with, the material being secured between the ring f and a flange formed on the shell a. In another modification, shown in Fig. 5, a washer i, which may be serrated at its inner edge, is secured by its flange j to the shell a. The ring f may be replaced by a shell having a re-entering edge, which is compressed over the shell a and the fabric. Any spring stud or button may be used with these sockets, or a stud, Fig. 11, having a flange m formed with a raised edge n secured to the material by an eyelet one flange of which engages the edge n, the other being riveted over the material, may be used. In another form, the stud consists of a flanged shell secured to the material by a flanged internal ferrule. A tool for securing the sockets is shown in Fig. 13, and comprises a die t having an internal core supported by a spring and formed with a concave top to receive the ring/. The material of the glove &c. is laid over the ring f, and the shell a and eyelet b, which are supported on a projection u.of a punch v, are forced down.
Patent GB-189923921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines to Trim Hedges by Horse Power.
Inventor: HOUSEMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-12-01
Granted: 1900-09-15
Abstract: 23,921. Houseman, W. Dec. 1. Hedge - cutting machines.-Relates to a machine for cutting hedges by horse power. A. disc A having cutting-edges B, B is mounted on a horizontal shaft supported on a suitable frame and driven at a high speed from the axle of the travelling wheels. A universal joint is inserted in the driving-shaft to enable the inclination of the disc A to be adjusted.
Patent GB-190002133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kinematographs.
Inventor: GRANICHSTAEDTEN LADISLAUS EMAN
Filed: 1900-02-02
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 2133. Granichstaedten, L. E. Feb. 2. Magic-lantern apparatus for projecting kinematographic pictures. The film 3 is fed continuously forward towards the lens by a wheel 6 with pins engaging marginal holes in the film, and is moved past the lens by the movement of a reciprocating frame 16. The wheel 6 is driven through bevel and worm gearing by the main shaft 9 which carries a disc with a crank pin 13, the connecting-rod 14 of which actuates a rocking shaft 15 mounted in the sliding frame 16. The frame 16 carries a movable piece with pins which engage the film during the downward movement, but are released at the end of the stroke by an arm on the rocking shaft A wheel 23, also driven through bevel gearing, forces the film into the box 2. The film is guided by pulleys and guide rollers 7 and 28. The lamp is enclosed in a casing 29, and a water receptacle is interposed between the film and the condenser 30. A segmental shutter 10, mounted on the shaft 9, works in an opening in the casing.
Patent GB-190003353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Instantaneous Steam Generators.
Inventor: SERPOLLET LEON
Filed: 1900-02-20
Granted: 1900-09-08
Abstract: 3353. Serpollet, L. Sept. 8, A.D. 1899, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Instantaneous gererators.-Relates to apparatus for simultaneously controlling the supply of feedwater and liquid fuel, and to safety apparatus for returning the feedwater to the tank when the pressure rises unduly. A steam blast is also applied to increase the draught in accordance with the increase in the supply of liquid fuel. The feed-pump a and the fuel-pump b are both operated by the same lever D, to which a variable throw is given by an adjustable stepped cam B, which may be moved along its shaft. The same lever also operates a third pump c, which supplies water to a supplementary coil n of the generator, and the steam therein produced is discharged into the chimney flue K. A supplementary feed-pump d is operated by the hand-lever E. If the pressure in the generator rises unduly, it forces oil out of a reservoir L into a cylinder M. thus raising the piston q therein and lifting the valve S. The feedwater then passes from the supply pipe l through the branches l<1> and l<2> back to the tank H.
Patent GB-190004085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clothes Suspenders.
Inventor: ORR WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-03-03
Granted: 1900-05-26
Abstract: 4085. Orr, W., and Somerville, J. March 3. Clothes-hanging apparatus.-A folding rack for supporting clothes, principally for drying purposes, is shown in elevation and plan in Figs. 1 and 2. A number of movable arms C are pivoted on a vertical rod D, which is supported in brackets E. The brackets are fixed on a wall-plate B, which carries a spiral bracket A formed with notches in which the clothes-supporting arms can rest so as to be free from each other. The wall-plate may slide on a vertical post, and be suspended by a rope and pulley.
Patent GB-190004855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Instantaneous Steam Generators
Filed: 1900-03-14
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 4855. Lake, H. H., [Miesse & Co., J.]. March 14. Metal pipes and tubes; butt joints.- Relates to instantaneous sinuoustube steam generators for use on motor cars &c. The bends of the tubes are exposed to the full beat of the burners and are made thicker than the rest of the tube, the bore being smaller. This is done by pressing up the heated tube in a sleeve 41, Fig. 11. The various sections of the generator are connected by right and left handed screw couplings with bevelled butting-ends to the tubes, as shown in Figs. 12 and 13.
Patent GB-190011548-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Bird-fountains or Food-hoppers.
Inventor: RANDELL JOHN
Filed: 1900-06-26
Granted: 1900-09-01
Abstract: 11,548. Randell, J. June 26. Pottery; moulding feeding and drinking appliances for animals.- Relates to the construction and process of manufacture of a bird fountain or food-hopper made in two parts, The fountain may be madeof earthenware or from sheet metal. The top or dome a is formed of the shape shown w i t h notches or recesses in t h e bottom e d g e to engage three radial projections l on the bottom of the saucer band also with three projections to engage ledges m, n, and o on the sides of the saucer and lock the parts together. The ledge o is formed with a depending portion p to prevent the upper part a being turned too far. In turning the part a the recesses in its bottom edge come between the projections in the saucer and form passages through which the food or water flows into the saucer b. When the fountain is made of earthenware, the various parts are moulded, stuck together with slip, and then fired and glazed.
Patent GB-190013407-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Prevention of Steam Boiler Corrosion.
Inventor: PORRO BENEDETTO
Filed: 1900-07-25
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 13,407. Porro, B. July 25. Corrosion, preventing.-An electric current from a dynamo or other source is passed through the water of the boiler, the plates of which are arranged to form the cathode of an electrolytic cell. Hydrogen being thus liberated on the surface of the plates, corrosion and, to some extent, incrustation, are prevented. A conductor embraces the shell of the boiler as shown in Fig. 1, and another conductor connects together a series of tubes F projecting into the boiler through insulating-connections, and forming the anode. Instead of the tubes F, any suitable structure, such as a network, within the boiler may be employed.